[NTLUG:Discuss] tri-boot SuSE/Redhat/Windlows

[Kevin E. Ivey]

Darin W. Smith wrote:
> On Wed, 14 May 2003 16:13:37 -0500, Steve Martindell 
> <steve.martindell at microchip.com> wrote:
> 
> 
>> In otherwords, when Redhat asks "do I want to use lilo", will it
>> see the existing lilo/MBR stuff that SuSE has already configured
>> and just add another entry to the existing lilo selections?
>> or,
>> will it try to over-write the existing MBR and mess up the existing
>> lilo?
>> -steve

This article answers all the questions of multibooting with LILO:

This will work fine no matter how incompatible the
two Linuxes might be, in their kernels, glibc,
lilo versions, /boot this or that, etc.


First make "Piglet" install its lilo in its own partition,
say hda7, not in the MBR. Piglet's lilo.conf will need
no other changes.


Here is the section for your other, non-Piglet Linux's lilo.conf:


other=/dev/hda7
   label = piglet
   loader=/boot/chain.b


Run lilo after changing lilo.conf of course!

Works for me!

keVIn